Following up on a record-setting year in 2011 for U.S. export containers shipped from the Port of Los Angeles, another record was set last month, this time for the most ever loaded outbound containers shipped in the month of January, at 168,427.   That was a … read more >

  Jan. 2011 to    Jan. 2012 Total Industrial Production 3.4% 1. Manufacturing 4.5% a.  Durable manufacturing 8.3%     Wood products 1.0%     Nonmetallic mineral products 4.1%     Primary metals 7.4%     Fabricated metal products 9.4%     Machinery 8.2%     Computer … read more >

“The February Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that manufacturing activity in New York State expanded for a third consecutive month. The general business conditions index rose six points to 19.5, its highest level in more than a year (see brown … read more >